Support for railway-rails.



No. 867,362. APA'IENTED 00T. l, 1907. AMT. HARMS.

SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

v rrmoATIrI--HLBD AUG'. 11. 190e.

ALBERT J. IIARMS, OF VICTORIA, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 1, i907.

, Application filed August 17, 1906. Serial No. 330.937.

To all whom it mayconcem:

Be known that I, ALBERT J. IIARMs, a citizen of the United States, residingl at Victoria, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented lcertain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Rail' wayfRails, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description7 reference being-had to the accompanying drawing,l forming part `of ,this

v specification.

The presentinvention has for itsiobject to provide i an improved construction of metallic support for railway rails, the object of theinvention being primarily to afford a simple, durable and effective means for holding therail inposition upon the tie and to afford having my invention applied thereto, parts being incans'whereby an insulation oi the rail `may be effected.

The invention consists in the features of novelty here- .inaiter described,l ilhistrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification. l'

The present invention is particularly applicable for use in connection with metallic railway ties, such. for

example. as that set forth in Letters Patent No. 697 ,480,

granted to me April V15, 1902, although features of the invention will be fourni-adapted for use inconnection with railway ties of other construction. v l

.Figure l is a plan view of portions of a railway track broken away for better illustration. Fig. 2 is a View 1 view in vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig.

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iu vertical sectionon line2 2 ofFig'. 1. Fig. 3 is a 1. Fig. 4 is a view in vert-ical section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is'a View invvertical section on line 5 5 Vof Fig. l.

Fig. 6 isl a plan view showing a portion of a metallic tie with a modified construction of. tie plate, theweb of the rail being shown in longitudinal section. Fig. '.7 is a view in vertical section on line 7 7l of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a view in vertical .section on line` 8 8 of Fig. Fig. 9

ThctieA is shown as formed of `a T-shaped bar, the

I broad base a of which is adapted to rest upon the road bed7 and the web af of which is provided with the notched or cut-away spaces a2 to receiveL the tie plates whereon the base flanges of the rails rest. vIn order to afford a broad bearing at the top of the slots or cut-away spaces in the web a, the metal of the web at such points is expandedas at a3 so that it extends upon both sides of the web a', as most clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 9 of the drawing. AIt will be readily understood that in forming the cut-away spaces a2, the

web a of the tie is sawed or slit and the metal between the slits i's upset by suitable dies to form the offset portions ai.

Within each of the notches a2 of the tieV sets a tie plate B of metal of suitable thickness. Inthe construcis a detail plan view showing a portion ofV spectively with the reverted fianges b and bf, these flanges being separated from the base or body of the tie plate B a sufficient distance to receive the base flanges i c of the railway rail Cf In order to securely hold the tie plates B in position upon the ties7 leach of these plates is formed with onel or more .shoulders or'projections adapted to engage with the web a/ of the tie. In the form of the invention -shown in Figs. 1 5 'of the drawing, each tie plate B is formed at its s'ide with a slot b3, the shoulders or projectionsl at each side of .these slots b3 serving to engage the web a of the tie when the tie plate is in position for use.

In orde-r to enable the tie plate to be'set in position for use, and interlocked with the tie and with the rail base, each tie plate after being passed beneath, a rail, is turned to an angle of say, about 45', as shown at the right-hand side of Fig. l of the drawing, sothat the base flanges c of the rail I nay drop between the 'up-turned flanges b and b ofthe tie plate B, after which the tie plate B is turned from the position shown at the 'right-hand side of Fig. l to the position shown at the left-handside of Fig. 1, when theflanges b-and b of thcvtieplate overlap the base flanges c of the rail, and the notches b3 of the tie plate are in position to drop over and interlock with the web a of the tie.

When it is desired to insulate the rail from its base, a sheet of indurated fiber oroth'er insulating material D is inserted betwee'l the tie plate B and rail C. As

shown, the insulating sheet D 'is of substantially the 4same shape as the tie plate B, having flanges d that correspond witl the flanges la' and b of the tie plate. It

lwill be understood, of course, that in setting the tie plate in position, the insulating sheet D will Le placed 'within the tie plate B before the latter is connected to the rail and to the tie, as above described.

When .the parts are in the position illustrated at the`...

left-hand side of Fig. l of the drawing, they may be retained securely insuch position by means of a fastener E similar in construction to the fastener illustrated in my hereinbefore mentioned Letters Patent. This fastener E extends diagonally beneath and from side to side ofthe tie .A and has its ends bent upwardly and inwardly, the extreme upper ends 'c of the fastener being adapted to be bent over the flanges b and b/ of the tie plate as clearly shown in Figi 1 ofthe drawing.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that by forming the tie A with offsets a3 that extend upon both sides ofthe web a, abroad and firm bearing for the rail is aHorded upon each side of the web of the tie. It will also be seen that inasmuch as the tieplate B is interlockedw'ith the base H anges c ofthe rail, and engages r interlocks with the web of the tie plate, all danger of the shifting of the tie plates, longitudinallyor otherwise; isl avoided. Moreover, the tie plates B being somewhat broader than the base flanges c of the 'rails C, the tie plates securely holdthe rails out of contact with the tie and thus enable the insulating sheets to effectively perform their function of insulating the rails from 'the ties. It is obvious that the'precise details of construction above set out may be modified without departure from 'the spirit of the invention; and that features of the invention may be 'employed without its adoption as an entirety. Thus, inFigs. 6-8oi the drawing, I have illustrated a modified iorinvof the invention, the most.

important feature of this modification being the provision of plates or legs b*i which dependfroin the edges of each of the tie plates B opposite the reverted flanges b and b. These depending plates or legs b" extend down to and rest upon the base flanges a of the tie A and thus effectively serve -to guard against any possibility of the tie A turning, incident to any inequality in the ballasting of the road-bed beneath the tie. plate shown in FigsA 6%8 of the drawing is provided at yeach side with a single offset'or shoulder b4 adapted to engage or interlock` with the web af of the tie7 when the tie plate is in position for use. The tie plate shown in Figs. 6- 8 maybe held in position by a retainer E, such as before described, and, it will bc understood that an insulating sheet D is inserted between the tie plate and the rail base before the tie plate is placed in position. The employment of the depending plates or legs b l regard as highly advantageous, although, as shown in Figs. 1 5, a. successful construction of tie plate may be formed without them.

` Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iszl 1. A support for railway rails, comprising a metal tie having a vertical web formed at its top with'eubaway .spaces and with expanded parts or tlaug'cs integral with thq web and extending at each side of the web at the base offsaid eut-away spaces.

The tie-v 2. A support for railway rails, comprising a nietal tie having a vertical weh formed with cut-away spam-s at it.s` upper' edge and tie plates resting' upon ald wel and set within said cut-away spares and tlanged to engage the hase of the rail.

il. A support for railway rails. comprising' a inet'al tit` having' a vertical web provided at its upper edge with eut-away spaces, tie plates resting' upon said wel and set within said cutaway spaces and having' shoulders interlocking.y with said weh and having integral tlanges oppesitely disposed to interlock with thtl hast` ot` th'e rails.

4. A support. t`or railway rails comprising' a tit` having' a vertical weh provided with cut-away spaces ai itsl upper cdgtg-tie plates set within said eut-i `spat-os and havingl oppostely disposed upturned tlang s' to engl-Ie the. hase of the rails. said tie platt-s heine; lli-onder than tht` hase of the rails and heing interloclied with the weh o1` the tio,

.'i. support for railway rails comprising`- a metal tithaving a vertical weh proylded at its upper edges with eut-away spaces. tie platts set within said eut-awa spaties andV having centrally disposed laterally projecting oars or flanges to interlock with the weh ottht` tie. said lie plates being forlned atV their opposite ends with upwardly turned integral ilangos to overlap the hase flanges ot` tht` ra ti. A support for railway rails comprising' a tie plat provided atv each -end and at each edge with an upwardly turned ilang'e to engage tht` hase Ilang't-s o1' tht` rail and provided at opposite corners with depending' [langes adaptl ed to extend to the hase ilangus ol' thtl tie.

T'. A support for railway rails. comprising' al tie plate provided at its ends with oppositely disposed. reverted ilang'es to engage the hase llanges o1` the' rail and provided with depending' plates or legs to rest upon thtl hast` portions ot' the tie.

S. A support for railway rails. ciunprising :t tie plate provided at'. its ends with oppositt-ly disposed.` reverted tlanges to engage tht` hase hangt-s ot' thtI rail and pio vided also with shoulders to interior-l: with the tio and hold the tie plat(` against longitudinal niovennnt and with depending legs or plates to rest upon thtl tie.

AlillllitT J. HARRIS.

Witnesses LILLLix Iiu-:N'riei-z, Ka'rlmnixn Glenn/wn.

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